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March 2, 2004 Election

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County Results as of Apr 16 10:00am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (14/14)
49.6% Countywide Voter Turnout (6409/12928)

Statewide Results as of Mar 26 4:14pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (21830/21830)
43.6% Statewide Voter Turnout (6,585,111/15,091,160)

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    President

    President of the United States; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John F. Kerry, Democratic
      1,975,043 votes 64.4%
    • John Edwards, Democratic
      606,224 votes 19.8%
    • Dennis J. Kucinich, Democratic
      143,162 votes 4.7%
    • Howard Dean, Democratic
      129,063 votes 4.3%
    • Al Sharpton, Democratic
      58,454 votes 2%
    • Joe Lieberman, Democratic (Withdrawn)
      52,078 votes 1.6%
    • Wesley Clark, Democratic (Withdrawn)
      50,455 votes 1.6%
    • Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic (Withdrawn)
      24,087 votes .7%
    • Dick Gephardt, Democratic (Withdrawn)
      21,613 votes .7%
    • Lyndon Larouche, Democratic
      7,846 votes .2%
    • Fern Penna, Democratic (Write-in)
    • Katarina Dunmar, Democratic (Write-in)
    • James Alexander-Pace, Democratic (Write-in)
    • David Giacomuzzi, Democratic (Write-in)
    • John Nigro, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)

    President of the United States; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • George W. Bush, Republican
      2,184,828 votes 100%
    • Richard P. Bosa, Republican (Write-in)
    • Richard Allen Holtz, Republican (Write-in)
    • Bill Wyatt, Republican (Write-in)
    • Bradley J. Barton, Republican (Write-in)
    • Doc Castellano, Republican (Write-in)
    • Nancy Warrick, Republican (Write-in)
    • Blake Ashby, Republican (Write-in)

    President of the United States; American Independent PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Michael A. Peroutka, American Independent
      25,950 votes 100%

    President of the United States; Green PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Peter Miguel Camejo, Green
      33,255 votes 75.9%
    • David Cobb, Green
      5,002 votes 11.5%
    • Lorna Salzman, Green
      4,680 votes 10.6%
    • Kent Mesplay, Green
      883 votes 2%

    President of the United States; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gary Nolan, Libertarian
      11,677 votes 59.3%
    • Aaron Russo, Libertarian
      4,761 votes 24.2%
    • Michael Badnarik, Libertarian
      3,266 votes 16.5%

    President of the United States; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Leonard Peltier, Peace and Freedom
      2,767 votes 59.2%
    • Walter F. "Walt" Brown, Peace and Freedom
      1,914 votes 40.8%
    • Israel Feuer, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
    • Mumia Abu-Jamal, Peace and Freedom

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States)

    US Senate

    United States Senator; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Barbara Boxer, Democratic
      2,532,621 votes 100%

    United States Senator; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bill Jones, Republican
      1,002,875 votes 44.9%
    • Rosario Marin, Republican
      448,756 votes 20.1%
    • Howard Kaloogian, Republican
      248,443 votes 11.2%
    • Toni Casey, Republican
      139,835 votes 6.3%
    • Tim Stoen, Republican
      123,182 votes 5.5%
    • James Stewart, Republican
      77,111 votes 3.4%
    • Barry L. Hatch, Republican
      70,307 votes 3.1%
    • John M. Van Zandt, Republican
      56,143 votes 2.5%
    • Danney Ball, Republican
      37,059 votes 1.6%
    • Bill Quraishi, Republican
      32,022 votes 1.4%
    • Louis E. Longoria, Republican (Write-in)

    United States Senator; American Independent PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
      31,277 votes 100%

    United States Senator; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Senator; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Senator)

    US House

    United States Representative; District 6; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lynn Woolsey, Democratic
      99,970 votes 84.1%
    • Renn Vara, Democratic
      19,039 votes 15.9%

    United States Representative; District 6; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 6)

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 3; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Carole Migden, Democratic
      115,892 votes 84.9%
    • Davy Jones, Democratic
      20,685 votes 15.1%

    State Senator; District 3; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Senator; District 3; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Rhodes, Libertarian
      813 votes 100%

    State Senator; District 3; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ian J. Grimes, Peace and Freedom
      325 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 3)

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 6; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Joe Nation, Democratic
      69,554 votes 100%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 6; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Carolyn F. Patrick, Republican
      28,048 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 6)

    Party Committee

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)

    • Elberta J. Eriksson
      4813 votes 23.62%
    • Meryl J. Schneider
      4677 votes 22.95%
    • Robert D. Harmon
      4343 votes 21.31%
    • Robert H. Larsen
      4293 votes 21.07%
    • Michael J. Mongan
      2156 votes 10.58%
    • (87 Writein Votes 0.5%)

    Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Judicial

    Judge, Superior Court; County of Marin; Office 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Judge, Superior Court; County of Marin; Office 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    County

    Supervisor; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Harold C. Brown
      13077 votes 80.93%
    • Niccolo Caldararo
      3049 votes 18.87%
    • (29 Writein Votes 0.2%)

    Supervisor; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Supervisor; County of Marin; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City

    Member, City Council; City of BelvedereClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • John C. Telischak
      680 votes 29.50%
    • Jim Berg
      666 votes 28.89%
    • Jerry Butler
      640 votes 27.77%
    • William "Bill" Rothman
      308 votes 13.36%
    • (11 Writein Votes 0.5%)

    Member, Town Council; Town of RossClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Richard Strauss
      770 votes 31.09%
    • R. Scot Hunter
      625 votes 25.23%
    • Bill R. Poland
      587 votes 23.70%
    • Wendy McPhee
      491 votes 19.82%
    • (3 Writein Votes 0.1%)

    Special District

    Director; Ross Valley Sanitary District; 4 Year TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Brian Paul Oliva
      7074 votes 40.55%
    • Sue Brown
      6598 votes 37.83%
    • George Hall Buckle
      3724 votes 21.35%
    • (39 Writein Votes 0.3%)

    State Propositions

    Proposition 55 Kindergarten -University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004
    3,181,725 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 3,076,099 / 49.2% No votes
    Should the state sell twelve billion three hundred million dollars ($12,300,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?

    Proposition 56 State Budget, Related Taxes, Reserve, Voting Requirements, Penalties
    2,151,359 / 34.3% Yes votes ...... 4,113,036 / 65.7% No votes
    Should the State Constitution and certain statutes be amended to allow the state legislature to pass the state budget and budget-related tax and appropriation bills with a 55 percent vote, and to make other changes to the budget process?

    Proposition 57 The Economic Recovery Bond Act
    3,991,044 / 63.3% Yes votes ...... 2,312,254 / 36.7% No votes
    Should the state of California borrow 15 billion dollars ($15,000,000,000) through the sale of bonds to provide financing for California's budget deficit?

    Proposition 58 The California Balanced Budget Act
    4,461,157 / 71.1% Yes votes ...... 1,813,507 / 28.9% No votes
    Should the state Constitution be amended to require that the state adopt a balanced budget and provide for mid-year adjustments if the budget falls out of balance? Should the Constitution also include state budget reserve requirements and limits on future borrowing to finance budget deficits?

    Local Measures

    Measure 2 Regional Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Marin, County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano (Regional Measure - Majority Vote)
    631,304 / 58.5% Yes votes ...... 448,771 / 41.5% No votes
       178,464 (59.55%) Yes / 121,206 (40.45%) No in Santa Clara County
       164,497 (55.6%) Yes / 131,098 (44.4%) No in Alameda County
       121,167 (51.4%) Yes / 114,766 (48.6%) No in Contra Costa County
       51285 (64.29%) Yes / 28487 (35.71%) No in Marin County
       115,891 (68.53%) Yes / 53,214 (31.47%) No in San Francisco County
       Yes / No in Solano County
    Shall voters authorize a Regional Traffic Relief Plan that does the following:

    (1) Directs revenues generated through the collection of bridge tolls to provide the following projects:

    (A) Expand and extend BART.
    (B) New transbay commuter rail crossing south of the San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge.
    (C) Comprehensive Regional Express bus network.
    (D) New expanded ferry service.
    (E) Better connections between BART, buses, ferries, and rail.

    (2) Approves a one dollar ($1) toll increase effective July 1, 2004, on all toll bridges in the bay area, except the Golden Gate Bridge?

    Measure A Continuation of the Transient Occupancy Tax -- County of Marin (Majority required)
    5134 / 80.18% Yes votes ...... 1269 / 19.82% No votes
    Shall an ordinance be approved to continue section 3.05.030 of the Marin County Code to sustain the current transient occupancy tax rate of ten percent (10%) upon transients occupying lodging located only within the unincorporated area of Marin County?

    Measure B Continuation of the Business License Tax -- County of Marin (Majority Required)
    58530 / 75.52% Yes votes ...... 18970 / 24.48% No votes
    Shall an ordinance be approved to continue Chapter 5.54 of the Marin County Code to sustain the current business license tax upon all professions, trades, occupations, gainful activities, and all and every kind of calling, within the unincorporated area of Marin County to raise revenue for general governmental purposes?

    Measure C Appropriations Limit Adjustment -- City of Belvedere
    766 / 82.10% Yes votes ...... 167 / 17.90% No votes
    Shall the City of Belvedere be authorized to continue adjusting its appropriations limit for the annual fire protection and emergency medical services levy, pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, for the period 7/1/2004 through 6/30/2008? The levy for FY 2004-2005 shall not exceed the rate authorized in Chapter 3.28 of the Belvedere Municipal Code. (The current levy is $444 per residential dwelling unit, $509 per commercial occupancy, and $90 per vacant parcel.)

    Measure D General Municipal Services Tax -- Town of Ross
    606 / 64.61% Yes votes ...... 332 / 35.39% No votes
    Shall the ordinance authorizing levy of the general municipal services tax from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2008, thereby increasing the appropriations limit of the Town of Ross, be adopted?

    Measure E School Bond -- Kentfield School District (55% Required)
    3259 / 70.39% Yes votes ...... 1371 / 29.61% No votes
    In order to repair and modernize 1950's era classrooms and facilities at Bacich and Kent schools; install energy-saving solar panels to reduce costs; improve student safety; replace aging plumbing and electrical systems; upgrade wiring to meet technology standards; replace aging heating and ventilation units; and upgrade facilities to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, shall Kentfield School District issue $11,900,000 of general obligation bonds at rates below legal limits and appoint a Citizens' Oversight Committee?

    Measure F Special Tax -- Bolinas Fire Protection District Community Facilities District 2003-1 (2/3 Vote Required)
    638 / 78.86% Yes votes ...... 171 / 21.14% No votes
    In order to build a new, earthquakeresistant, code-compliant firehouse with ambulance bay, shall the Bolinas Fire Protection District, for its Community Facilities District No. 20031 (Fire Station Project), levy a special tax of $98 per developed parcel and $35 per undeveloped parcel each year for 40 years to repay bonds used to finance the firehouse, issue special tax bonds and fix an appropriations limit of not more than $2,000,000?

    Measure G Zone IV Bond -- Strawberry Recreation District (2/3 vote required)
    62 / 84.93% Yes votes ...... 11 / 15.07% No votes
    Shall the Zone IV portion of the Strawberry Recreation District incur bonded indebtedness of not to exceed $2,100,000 to finance the acquisition, construction and completion of certain recreational improvements, structures and facilities comprising the dredging, redredging, widening and opening of navigable channels, to provide a safe, adequate and useful recreational small boat channel and lands and easement necessary therefore, for the benefit of said Zone IV and of its inhabitants?


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